TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION BEGINS AT OUR SCHOOL!
We have new computers, mobile carts, student notebooks and a wealth of web resources to help us
evolve and prepare students for their digital futures. Below are a few links to peruse.
• A Wallwisher idea to introduce students to online collaboration: www.wallwisher.com/wall/forcemotion
• Click here for my 4th grade classroom blog.
• Teach in HD : A new wiki to connect our school's tech integration team members and educators.
Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools by: Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum
Book Study
Reader's Response
Chapter 1 New World, New Web, New Skills
Chapter 2 Students and Learning
Chapter 3 New Tools
New educational technologies and ways of teaching, learning and assessing. Instead of "information delivered" by teachers and student testing, Web. 2.0 says classrooms will share, collaborate, refine/edit and create performance tasks.
These tools are open source, available anywhere there is an Internet connection, and allow people to work together at the same time. They include social networking, blogs, wikis, nings, audio/video podcasts, Flash games, web apps and lots of cool new tools! Traditional software is transitioning to web-only versions with cloud computing (no need to save it to your computer). For schools digital curriculum and online texts are making their way to schools, teachers and students.
Chapter 4 New Tools in Schools
Chapter 5 Professional Development
Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools
Chapter 4: Is it important for schools to use the new tools to integrate technology in our curriculum? Why or Why Not? * Schools should integrate new technology tools to prepare students for their digital futures. From careers to hobbies to daily life, technology will have an impact on everyone in some way. Educators' jobs are to prepare students for the future, which includes an ever-increasing role in technology and computers each year. Chapter 5: How could we use Professional Learning Communities within the school setting to move the usage of Web 2.0 tools within our schools forward? *Small learning communities can demonstrate new tools in a comfortable setting, which will encourage use. Then members can become experts before teaching others and differentiating needs of all faculty members at the school. Chapter 6: Do administrators have to be technology-savvy to be effective technology leaders? Why or why not? * They do not necessarily need to be fully tech-savvy, but they do need a baseline of knowledge on digital tools and curriculum in order to support, encourage, and provide guidance to educators for growth opportunities. Administrators also should have a willingness to learn computer/web technology to emphasize the idea of school 2.0.
We have new computers, mobile carts, student notebooks and a wealth of web resources to help us
evolve and prepare students for their digital futures. Below are a few links to peruse.
• A Wallwisher idea to introduce students to online collaboration: www.wallwisher.com/wall/forcemotion
• Click here for my 4th grade classroom blog.
• Teach in HD : A new wiki to connect our school's tech integration team members and educators.
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Chapter 2 Students and Learning
Chapter 3 New Tools
These tools are open source, available anywhere there is an Internet connection, and allow people to work together at the same time. They include social networking, blogs, wikis, nings, audio/video podcasts, Flash games, web apps and lots of cool new tools! Traditional software is transitioning to web-only versions with cloud computing (no need to save it to your computer). For schools digital curriculum and online texts are making their way to schools, teachers and students.
Chapter 5 Professional Development
Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools
Chapter 5: How could we use Professional Learning Communities within the school setting to move the usage of Web 2.0 tools within our schools forward? * Small learning communities can demonstrate new tools in a comfortable setting, which will encourage use. Then members can become experts before teaching others and differentiating needs of all faculty members at the school.
Chapter 6: Do administrators have to be technology-savvy to be effective technology leaders? Why or why not? * They do not necessarily need to be fully tech-savvy, but they do need a baseline of knowledge on digital tools and curriculum in order to support, encourage, and provide guidance to educators for growth opportunities. Administrators also should have a willingness to learn computer/web technology to emphasize the idea of school 2.0.
Chapter 8 Systemic Issues
Chapter 9 New Schools